{"id":310171,"date":"2026-02-21T17:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T17:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/310171\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T17:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T17:21:15","slug":"its-an-honour-to-come-home-says-emotional-jessie-buckley-as-she-picks-up-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/310171\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s an honour to come home, says emotional Jessie Buckley as she picks up award"},"content":{"rendered":"

An emotional Jessie Buckley said the past year had been a \u201croller-coaster\u201d as she was named the winner in the lead actress in a film category at the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards (Iftas) on Friday.<\/p>\n

She received the award for her portrayal of William Shakespeare\u2019s wife in Hamnet, for which she has also been nominated for an Oscar and a Bafta.<\/p>\n

Accepting the award, she said: \u201cIt\u2019s really such an honour to come home and share this with you, mostly because growing up in Ireland, the very nature of storytelling, of music, of art, is a way of life, it is a way of community\u201d.<\/p>\n

She also thanked her co-star, Paul Mescal, who plays the Bard, saying: \u201cI know everybody\u2019s sick of me saying how much I love him. I love him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"JessieJessie Buckley won the award for lead actress (Andres Poveda\/PA)<\/p>\n

He was named best supporting actor in a film for Hamnet but was not at the ceremony to collect his prize.<\/p>\n

Hamnet also won the international film and film script awards.<\/p>\n

Channel 4 drama Trespasses was another big winner, picking up prizes for drama script, hair & makeup and lead actress in a drama.<\/p>\n

Set in 1970s Northern Ireland, Lola Petticrew plays a young Catholic teacher, Cushla, who falls for a married Protestant man.<\/p>\n

Collecting her award, Petticrew dedicated it to her late uncle Gerard who was her \u201cbiggest fan\u201d, a Dublin city dry cleaner who helped her out of \u201ca bit of a pickle\u201d and \u201cthe kids of West Belfast\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"LolaLola Petticrew won for her role in Trespasses. Photo: Andres Poveda\/PA.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cI\u2019m under no illusion that a lot of the reason that I am here is because of luck\u201d, adding: \u201cThe system is not designed for kids where I\u2019m from to survive, let alone thrive.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne in three kids in West Belfast live in poverty. That is the legacy of war.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said \u201cthey deserve so much more\u201d.<\/p>\n

There was also an emphasis on supporting underprivileged children from the filmmakers of Christy.<\/p>\n

The coming-of-age film tells the story of two estranged brothers in Cork navigating the care system.<\/p>\n

Nominated in 14 categories, it picked up some of the night\u2019s top awards including best film, casting, editing and film director, for Brendan Canty.<\/p>\n

Collecting the trophy, he noted the awards were taking place on 2026 Care Day, which highlights the experiences of children\u202fand young people in care.<\/p>\n

He called on the government to do more to help people in the care system.<\/p>\n

\"CiaranCiaran Hinds was presented with the Irish Academy\u2019s lifetime achievement award. Photo: Andres Poveda\/PA.<\/p>\n

Christy was one of a large cohort of Cork nominees and Corkman Eanna Hardwicke was among the winners when he took home the award for actor in a lead role for his performance as Roy Keane in Saipan.<\/p>\n

Unable to attend the event, Hardwicke\u2019s co-star Steve Coogan collected the trophy on his behalf.<\/p>\n

Ciaran Hinds was presented with the Irish Academy\u2019s lifetime achievement award, for his contribution to the Irish and international screen industry, across both film and television.<\/p>\n

Accepting the accolade he said: \u201cIt\u2019s been a long old haul in this business or industry, profession, whatever you want to call it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I have been remarkably lucky to work with so many brilliant, creative, talented people, gracious, open-minded, warm-hearted people, both here at home and further afield, both on camera and off camera.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rising star recipient and Derry Girls star Louisa Harland said she was \u201cin awe\u201d of \u201ceverybody in the room\u201d.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cI feel so lucky to be a part of this industry, especially in Ireland, it means the world\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An emotional Jessie Buckley said the past year had been a \u201croller-coaster\u201d as she was named the winner…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-310171","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}